Cosby recently had a standup special, Far From Finished, on Comedy Central.

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This Nov. 18, 2013 photo shows actor-comedian Bill Cosby in New York. Cosby will star in a new comedy special "Bill Cosby: Far from Finished," premiering Nov. 23, at 8 p.m. EST on Comedy Central.

Updated at 11:28 AM EST on Thursday, Jan 23, 2014

Bill Cosby is returning to sitcoms.

E! News has confirmed Cosby has signed to star in a new NBC sitcom as a patriarch in a multigenerational family. The network has not ordered a pilot yet and no writer is currently attached. No word on the sweater situation...yet.

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No stranger to the TV viewer, Cosby previously starred in The Cosby Show for eight seasons on NBC from 1984-1992. Following, Cosby starred in CBS's Cosby from 1996-2000. Both shows co-starred Phylicia Rashd, who was recently seen in NBC's short-lived Do No Harm.

Cosby recently had a standup special, Far From Finished, on Comedy Central. Promoting the special, he told Yahoo he was interested in returning to TV fulltime.

"I want to be able to deliver a wonderful show to [a] network," Cosby told Yahoo. "Because there is a viewership out there that wants to see comedy, and warmth, and love, and surprise, and cleverness, without going into the party attitude."

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Cosby added he thinks viewers would like to see a married couple who "acts like they love each other, warts and all," and children who respect their parents. "[T]he comedy of people who make mistakes," he said. "Warmth and forgiveness."

Cosby's star-powered sitcom is just the latest for NBC. During NBC's recent 2014 TCA presentation, a reporter asked NBC's Robert Greenblatt if he is more cautious about betting on star power in the network's comedies based on the lackluster ratings for new comedies The Michael J. Fox Show with Michael J. Fox and Sean Saves the World with Sean Hayes. "It's hard to launch comedy even in the best of circumstances, so I guess I would say I'm more weary," Greenblatt said. "It just means we have to work harder. Comedy is hard."